Comments on: I Can’t Get No http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2008/07/31/i-cant-get-no/ Come for the comics, stay for the off-topic political discussions Tue, 16 Mar 2010 19:48:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: Werner Scott http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2008/07/31/i-cant-get-no/#comment-7531 Werner Scott Mon, 18 Aug 2008 01:38:32 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2008/07/31/i-cant-get-no/#comment-7531 I think the purpose is more along the lines of "You'll get yours". In this case a horse has replaced Bugs Bunny or Groucho Marx as the wiseacre. In other words it's a joke folks something NOT to be taken entirely at face value. I agree that keeping a horse is expensive and in the days when we were dependent on animals for motive power there was more than a small measure of cruelty involved not to mention the public health issue. Nonetheless in some areas horse ownership is approaching levels not seen since the middle of the nineteenth century ... expensive but not impossibly so. Also you rarely see an out-of-shape equestrian. I think the purpose is more along the lines of “You’ll get yours”. In this case a horse has replaced Bugs Bunny or Groucho Marx as the wiseacre. In other words it’s a joke folks something NOT to be taken entirely at face value. I agree that keeping a horse is expensive and in the days when we were dependent on animals for motive power there was more than a small measure of cruelty involved not to mention the public health issue. Nonetheless in some areas horse ownership is approaching levels not seen since the middle of the nineteenth century … expensive but not impossibly so. Also you rarely see an out-of-shape equestrian.

]]> By: Andrew http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2008/07/31/i-cant-get-no/#comment-6950 Andrew Sat, 02 Aug 2008 08:57:27 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2008/07/31/i-cant-get-no/#comment-6950 Speaking about his car, it looks strangely two-dimensional. Maybe he can't afford to run his car, but habit forces him to "fill up" a cardboard cut-out of one. Speaking about his car, it looks strangely two-dimensional. Maybe he can’t afford to run his car, but habit forces him to “fill up” a cardboard cut-out of one.

]]> By: Aaron http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2008/07/31/i-cant-get-no/#comment-6948 Aaron Sat, 02 Aug 2008 03:26:33 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2008/07/31/i-cant-get-no/#comment-6948 I'm more confused as to what part of the car he's pumping the gas into. Is the gas tank in the passenger compartment? I’m more confused as to what part of the car he’s pumping the gas into. Is the gas tank in the passenger compartment?

]]> By: Ted http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2008/07/31/i-cant-get-no/#comment-6898 Ted Fri, 01 Aug 2008 05:48:38 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2008/07/31/i-cant-get-no/#comment-6898 Web adress had typo, sooy. Tis um is korect. Web adress had typo, sooy. Tis um is korect.

]]> By: Ted http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2008/07/31/i-cant-get-no/#comment-6897 Ted Fri, 01 Aug 2008 05:47:21 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2008/07/31/i-cant-get-no/#comment-6897 When autos first came out, a favorite taunt was "Get a horse" The horses are now getting redemption? When autos first came out, a favorite taunt was “Get a horse” The horses are now getting redemption?

]]> By: Frank http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2008/07/31/i-cant-get-no/#comment-6890 Frank Fri, 01 Aug 2008 01:11:06 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2008/07/31/i-cant-get-no/#comment-6890 HA HA, HOO HOO, GUFAW, SNORT! WHATEVER LOLA WANTS, LOLA GETS! HA HA, HOO HOO, GUFAW, SNORT!

WHATEVER LOLA WANTS, LOLA GETS!

]]> By: Lola http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2008/07/31/i-cant-get-no/#comment-6879 Lola Thu, 31 Jul 2008 17:10:59 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2008/07/31/i-cant-get-no/#comment-6879 and everyone can laught at how I spell laugh! and everyone can laught at how I spell laugh!

]]> By: Lola http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2008/07/31/i-cant-get-no/#comment-6877 Lola Thu, 31 Jul 2008 17:10:12 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2008/07/31/i-cant-get-no/#comment-6877 If he makes eye contact, the equine will....uh... horse laught at him. If he makes eye contact, the equine will….uh… horse laught at him.

]]> By: Jim http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2008/07/31/i-cant-get-no/#comment-6875 Jim Thu, 31 Jul 2008 16:44:23 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2008/07/31/i-cant-get-no/#comment-6875 Well...what I don't get is: what is the man afraid of doing that would give the horse schadenfreude? Show resentment and anger at high gas prices. I guess that makes sense. Well…what I don’t get is: what is the man afraid of doing that would give the horse schadenfreude? Show resentment and anger at high gas prices. I guess that makes sense.

]]> By: rabrab http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2008/07/31/i-cant-get-no/#comment-6873 rabrab Thu, 31 Jul 2008 16:17:15 +0000 http://comicsidontunderstand.com/wordpress/2008/07/31/i-cant-get-no/#comment-6873 I agree with Mark In Boston that it's expensive to run a horse, (and hay around here is more than $4.00 a bale, unless you're buying little bitty bales!) And besides food, there's shoeing/trimming, and lots of incidental expenses. But I'm betting that the cartoonist, like most non-horse owners, **does** think that it would be cheaper to run a horse than an SUV, not that he's aware that the horse is still the luxury item. I agree with Mark In Boston that it’s expensive to run a horse, (and hay around here is more than $4.00 a bale, unless you’re buying little bitty bales!) And besides food, there’s shoeing/trimming, and lots of incidental expenses.

But I’m betting that the cartoonist, like most non-horse owners, **does** think that it would be cheaper to run a horse than an SUV, not that he’s aware that the horse is still the luxury item.

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